Macbeth Quiz 2 Vocab Flashcards
mirth
gladness and merriment usually followed by laughter
Syn.
glee, hilarity, jollity
Ant.
sadness
mettle
courage or spirit
Syn.
resolution, tendency
Ant.
lack of courage
mortify
to humiliate, to wound pride, experience shame
Ant.
to calm, to soothe
oblivion
the state of being forgotten
Ant.
remembrance
palatable
agreeable to the taste, acceptable
Ant.
distasteful
pernicious
very destructive or harmful
Syn.
baneful, deleterious, detrimental, noxious
Ant.
harmless, benign
plight
difficult or adverse situation
Ant.
fortunate situation
prate
to talk idly or foolishly at great length
Ant.
to speak about serious matters
prattle
meaningless sounds, babble
Ant.
articulate language
purveyors
one who provides or procures
quell
to quiet or to put down a disturbance
Ant.
to foment, to incite
rancor
bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity
Syn.
animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, hostility
Ant.
affection, kindness
reconcile
to reestablish friendship, to resolve a dispute
Ant.
to alienate
rend
to tear violently, to split
Syn.
cleave, rive
Ant.
to unify
requite
to make repayment or return
Ant.
to withhold
rue
to be sorry for, to regret
Ant.
to consider happily
sanctify
to set apart for sacred use, to make holy, to purify
Ant.
to taint
scrupulous
very principled, very careful and conscientious
Syn.
meticulous, punctilious
Ant.
unprincipled
spurn
to reject or refuse with hostility
Ant.
to embrace
stealthy
acting in a secret and sneaky way–this is a negative term
Syn.
clandestine, covert, furtive, surreptitious, underhanded
Ant.
open, indiscreet
surfeited
fed or supplied to excess
Syn.
cloyed, glutted, gorged, palled, sated, satiated
Ant.
starved
temperate
exercising self control
Ant.
extreme
trifling
not significant, frivolous
Ant.
important, significant
usurp
to take possession or authority over something without right
Ant.
to acquiesce
wanton
immoral, lewd
Ant.
moral
